Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A group of crew members are trapped in space while an extraterrestrial lifeform picks them off one by ... oh, so then you have seen a science-fiction movie in the past 30 years.
So “Life” isn’t winning any points for originality. It&r... [More]

“Motown The Musical” is an ambitious and mostly effective production; however, it ultimately falls victim to the rarest of problems, simultaneously delivering too much and not enough.
On paper, this show is a slam dunk — just feature the songs of arguably the most influential... [More]

One of the more daring productions to hit the stage of the Fox Theatre in a while is the Roundabout Theatre Company’s touring production of “Cabaret.”
Now, sure, this stark and overtly sexual version of the show has been around for nearly 25 years (and the original 25 years before... [More]

You can only expect so much from a movie with giant monsters. Don’t get me wrong, I spent many a Saturday afternoon watching furious behemoths (usually dudes in big, rubber suits stepping on models) do battle.
But these pleasures still are usually of the guilty, B-movie variety and expectatio... [More]

Sometimes an actor and a character are perfectly suited for each other. That’s why it’s nearly impossible to imagine anyone other than Hugh Jackman playing Logan, aka Wolverine.
The nearly indestructible mutant with quick-healing powers and razor sharp claws that could retract and protr... [More]